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Recent Examples of plopped
Yazid plopped him down, then put his hands in his lap, awaiting events.
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Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
Each of the seven sauces was plopped out of the can onto a plate so editors could taste them without seeing any of the packaging.
—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
For most other trick-or-treaters, the president and first lady plopped full-size Hershey bars and Twizzlers in boxes with the presidential seal into children’s candy bags.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
Gunn flew the brothers to Savannah, Georgia, and plopped them on a stage built on an actual paddlewheel boat, with hundreds of extras in the crowd.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The white-domed arena, now gray with age and grime, didn’t resemble its namesake so much as a spaceship, a Starship Enterprise plopped amid high-rises.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
The Eagles plopped a second helping of victory on our plate.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In episode three, a tadpolelike specimen from a facehugger is plopped into a tank with a lung.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2025
The women seem like they were plucked from 2004, plopped into present day, and just can't grasp how the modern world operates.
—Colleen Kratofil, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plopped
Verb
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With a lightning-speed motion, Pedro tossed a cord around the foreman’s neck.—
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Someone else got that treasure but Keeney and his family went back for Game 7 and, at the end of batting practice, Brian Harper tossed Keeney his batting glove.—
Verb
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Early experiments, like the Humane AI pin, have flopped due to high prices and poor performance.—
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The huge painting of the naked woman flopped on a couch?—
Verb
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That took him to 14, but Khawaja was out three runs later, missing a full toss from Carse that plonked into his back foot.—
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Long before Rosenberg plunked his first rock into its waters, the city adopted a plan to turn an 11-mile section of the river into a wetland to allow the safe passage of salmon.—
Verb
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Posing on the floor with one arm flung over her head, the mom-of-one modeled a red polka dot bra and undies set with a matching red shrug sweater.—
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At one point, Bulls wing Isaac Okoro flung halfcourt shots behind his back like Benny the Bull.—
Verb
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Post application, my complexion is luminous, plumped and hydrated.—
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Shop the Laneige lip mask that editors and celebrities both use, plus the Covergirl lip gloss that plumped up Kelsea Ballerini’s pout during a PEOPLE photoshoot.—
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“Plopped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plopped. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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